Francis Bassett ‘Dick’ Emms was born at Launceston, Tasmania on 28 November 1909, the eldest of four children of Henry Joseph Emms, a blacksmith’s assistant and tailor, and Stella Marion ...
Publications
The Tingira Tram
The Queensland Floods and HMAS Diamantina
The River class frigate HMAS Diamantina was one of eight of this large class of over 130 WW II convoy escorts to enter the RAN. She was built by Walkers ...
The Lessons Learnt from Hydrogen Sulphide Incidents in the Royal Australian Navy
Book Review: The Grand Fleet – Warship Design 1906-1922
Gallipoli 1915
HMAS Anzac (III) – first in class
HMAS Anzac (II) – the last ‘Battle’
HMAS Anzac (I) – Flotilla Leader
The RAN Contribution to the ‘Spirit of Anzac’
Letters: ONS 5 and the U-Boat Battle
Dear Sir, I was very pleased to read the article by Captain A.M. Downes entitled ONS 5 and the U-Boat Battle in the latest issue of the Naval Historical Review. ...
Obituary: Len Meakin
The Submarine Association of Australia has informed us of the passing over the bar on 2nd November 2010 at age 83 of Len Meakin, Gunnery Instructor, Submarine Chief Coxswain, and ...
Battle Honour Board – HMAS Kanimbla
At a recent ceremony held onboard HMAS Kanimbla (CMDR Tim Byles, RAN) the ship’s recently refurbished Battle Honour Board was re-dedicated by Chaplain Col Acton, RAN. The Battle Honours Board ...
An Historic Letter
Type of Boy Required . . .
The Royal Australian Naval College in its early years was certainly definitive about what type of entrant was thought most suitable for officer training. A look at the 1918 edition ...
Recommended for a High Award
The Navy and a Yacht Race
Observation or Espionage
Kamikazes, Suicide Bombers and Us
The RAN without an Aircraft Carrier – What If…
Book Review: A Hard Fought Ship
A Hard Fought Ship, The Story of HMS Venomous. By Robert J Moore and John A Rodgaard. ISBN 978-0-9559382-0-7. Published by Holywell House Publishing, Portsmouth, UK. RRP is UK£18.99. It can ...
Letters: The Naming of RAN Ships
Dear Sir, …In your article ‘The Naming of RAN Ships’, there was not even the sniff of a name of a ship of the RAN Hydrographic Service, (now the Australian ...
